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Speeding Up Your Digital Camera

Author : Jim Patterson

A veteran Leica street shooter contacted me with complaints about her new digital camera. She's an established black and white shooter, using a Leica M6 with a wide angle lens to shoot people unaware of the camera in their natural surroundings. Excited by her new digital acquisition, she took to...

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
Added : Aug 02, 2004
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The Do's and Don'ts of Web Site Design

Author : killer

I've received many emails on the first do's and don'ts article, people wanted more, so I thought a part two was is order. 1 Don't use background music on your web pages! So.....

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Experienced
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General Tips for New Web Designers

Author : killer

Web site designers today have plenty of options in terms of tools and technologies they can use to build their web pages. Many questions come up: should we use Flash, do we need database driven web pages, did we...

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
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Web Design Don'ts

In this webmaster tutorial I will show you some of the basic things that a LOT of webmasters do, that are just plain wrong!

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
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Design Tips

Author : Ian Atkins

These tips are just a guideline, don't stick religiously to them. Some may apply to your site others may not. I know I don't bother with number 9, unless im making a commercial site! 1. Consistency Colour schemes, page layout, font type & size sho...

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Level : Beginner
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Design Basics

Author : Jim Frew

Let's pretend. Let's pretend you asked me to design a Web site for you. Then we also need to pretend, of course, that I said yes, which I would almost never do because freelance clients are usually nuttier than an Almond Joy and about as smart as a bag of hair. I'm speaking generally, of course. ...

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Experienced
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Dos and Don'ts

Author : ades

Rules and preference for designing a website can differ from website to website depending on the target audience, whether it is entertainment website or corporate website or just a persona...

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
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The Design Process

So you are feeling a bit creative and are ready to sit down and punch out some designs, eh? What works for me might not work for you, however, this article can hopefully offer you a friend.....

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
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A flying menu attack can wound your navigation

Author : David Walker

Hidden menus are like hidden road signs: they force you to stop when you'd rather keep going. We examine the weaknesses of pop-up, pull-down and cascading menus. By David Walker As a kid riding in the back of the famil...

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Level : Experienced
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A redesign recipe for tough times

Author : David Walker

You want to redesign that Web site, but the cash river of 1999 is a distant memory. Here's how to manage a redesign on the cheap. By David Walker Web site redesign work has never attracted more interest. The recent boom has ensured t...

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
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